Arunachalee students manhandled by seniors on I-day. The Arunachalee students studying at Alpine Institute of Management & Technology, Dehradun have been subjected to racial attacks on Independence Day. According to the report one Arunachalee boy received serious head injury after being attacked with blunt objects by the senior students. The whole problem started after students hailing from Arunachal objected to the repeated act of ragging by the senior students. The Arunachalee students had few days ago complained to the institute’s authority about ragging incident. Acting upon their complaint the authorities had called a meeting wherein seniors had assured not to indulge in such act in the future. However, the seniors got extremely agitated by such complaint and started targeting Arunachalee students. Yesterday things took ugly turn when one senior without any provocation bashed up an Arunachalee student inside the hostel campus. Hearing about the incident, the Arunachalee students informed the matter to police and institute authority. Fearing for their safety all the Arunachalee students tried to flee from hostel in the evening. However, the gatekeeper did not allow them to leave. When they were arguing with gatekeeper, senior students armed with lethal weapon charged at them near gate. It led to clash between two group and many Arunachalee students are believed to have received injuries. The students alleged that authorities instead of helping them got furious for informing the matter to police. When contacted on phone managing director of the institute HK Chauhan sound evasive and only stated that no such incident took place. Meanwhile parents of Arunachalee students studying at the said institute have appealed to apex student body AAPSU and govt of Arunachal Pradesh to ensure safety and security of the students. Expressing deep concern over the reported altercation between Arunachalee students and local students Director Higher and Technical Education Dr Joram Begi appealed to the students not to resort to violence rather maintain peace so that academic atmosphere be created. Informing that the Directorate is keeping in touch with the managing director of the institution, Begi said the situation is under control now as per the report from the institution and there is nothing to worry about. He also said that if the altercation is racially in nature, the state Govt will surely intervene for the safety of students as per the agreement with the institution. He further appealed to the parents not to panic. (Courtesy:AT)
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 04:29:46 +0000
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